World Championships and Olympic Qualifier coming up

Road to Paris ‘24: The Street and Park World Championships 2022 will take place at Sharjah, just 30min from Dubai in United Arab Emirates. The Street World Championships will go down from January 29th to February 5th, and represent the second Street qualification event towards Paris 2024. The Park World Championships will be the first park event on the qualification path towards Paris 2024 and will take place from February 5th to 12th . Both events are classified as World Championships.

Majeline Dalsgaard 10/7/22 Majeline Dalsgaard 10/7/22

Your guide to watch SLS in LAS VEGAS From Australia

SLS: The top 50 professional street skateboarders in the world will show off their gnarliest tricks in Sin City for the 3. stop of the 2022 SLS Championship Tour on Friday 7 and Saturday 8 October in Nevada. However, due to time differences the actual dates in Australia are Saturday 8 and Sunday 9. We’ve made it easy to find out when to watch (Australian time), where to watch and who to watch.

Jonathon Barnes 9/13/22 Jonathon Barnes 9/13/22

Rumble on the Reef Check-in: Meet the legends From 2021

Warming up to next weeks event we’re checking in with some of the legends that are returning this year to skate hard and live hard. Get their best hype songs, see what tricks they’ve been pushing for and give them a massive high five when you see them in Mackay.

Majeline Dalsgaard 7/7/22 Majeline Dalsgaard 7/7/22

Several Aussies impressed in Rome

World Street Pro Tour Rome 2022: The First World Skate Olympic Qualification event towards selection for Paris 2024 went down on 26 June - 3 July when the World Street Pro Tour came to Rome. The field was packed with experienced competition skaters and young talent booming through. Australia was represented by Shane O’Neil, Tommy Fynn and Rome Collyer in the men’s division and Liv Lovelace, Chloe Covell and Hayley Powell in women’s.

Sophie Bo Schmidt 6/28/22 Sophie Bo Schmidt 6/28/22

Your guide to watch skateboarding at the Olympic Qualifier Pro Tour in Rome (From Australia)

OLYMPIC QUALIFIER: The Road to Paris 2024 is sure kicking off in style! With Rome’s Colosseum as the backdrop the first Olympic Skateboarding qualifyer is going down Wednesday 29 July - Monday 4th July 2022.

We’ve made it easy to find out when to watch (Australian time), where to watch and who to watch [just scroll down].

Majeline Dalsgaard 6/10/22 Majeline Dalsgaard 6/10/22

Chloe Covell and Haylie Powell To Represent Australia in Rome 2022

It’s official! Chloe Covell and Haylie Powell will represent Australia at the Skateboarding Street Pro Tour in Rome 26. June - 3. July 2022. It is the first World Skate Olympic Qualification Event (OQE) held in the two year qualification period (June 2022 - June 2024) towards selection for the Paris Olympic Games 2024.

Majeline Dalsgaard 5/15/22 Majeline Dalsgaard 5/15/22

POSTCARD FROM HAYLIE POWELL in USA

After a rough year of injuries, Haylie Powell decided to jump on a plane to hit the skateparks in the US of A. Probably the best idea ever. At least her socials definitely makes the fomo very real - so, we checked in with Haylie to ask what’s up over there in the land of opportunity.

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